Bundesliga result overturned from 1-1 draw to 2-0 win after German sports court left with ‘no other choice’
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VFL BOCHUM have had their 1-1 draw with Union Berlin overturned to a 2-0 win by Bundesliga chiefs. The match finished in controversial circumstances last month. Bochum had gone down to 10 men just 13 minutes into the contest after former Birmingham ace Koji Miyoshi saw red.
![[Soccer goalie walking on the field; the score is 1-1.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000962654649.jpg?strip=all&w=939)
Nevertheless, Ibrahima Sissoko gave his side the lead on 23 minutes in the German capital. Union didn't take long to hit back, with Benedict Hollerbach levelling shortly after the half hour. Having been a man short for most of the game, Bochum were understandably content to secure a draw.
![[Soccer goalkeeper kneeling on the field after a goal; the score is 1-1.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000962654376.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
In the first minute of second half stoppage time, goalkeeper Patrick Drewes was booked for timewasting. As the stopper lined up to take the following goal kick, he appeared to be struck by a lighter thrown from the crowd. After the object whistled past him, Drewes went down holding his head.
![[VfL Bochum goalkeeper Patrick Drewes is attended to after being hit by a lighter thrown from the crowd.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/patrick-drewes-vfl-bochum-reacts-962636448_b4efe8.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Amid fury from home supporters, who felt that Drewes was exaggerating the contact, the goalkeeper received medical attention. BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS. Four minutes after the incident occurred, Bochum players were sent back to the dressing room by the referee.
![[Bochum goalkeeper Patrick Drewes kneels after being hit.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/bochum-goalkeeper-patrick-drewes-kneels-962623898.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
A further four minutes later, Union players followed suit. Sixteen minutes after the original incident, the home side returned to the pitch. Bochum eventually re-emerged too, with the game resuming around 25 minutes after the lighter was thrown. With Drewes feeling unable to continue, and the visitors having already used all their substitutes, striker Philipp Hofmann went in goal.
![[Patrick Drewes, Bochum goalkeeper, at a soccer match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/bochum-goalkeeper-patrick-drewes-shows-962624217.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
